Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari's holiday arrangements have provoked a mix of stinging rebuke and even a reference to God's famed six-day weeks. The leader, who will resume duties on 6 February, announced his planned trip to the United Kingdom where he will be staying for 10 days on vacation in a post on Twitter. He added that vice-president Yemi Osinbajo would act as president in his absence.

Others also took to social media to comment on Buhari's holiday, with some suggesting he should have travelled to the country's northeast to visit survivors of the army's bombing, which occurred in the town of Rann, Borno state.